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Stalinism in Poland, 1944–56

Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995

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  1. A. Kemp-Welch

    1. School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Reconstructing the Past

    1. Introduction: Reconstructing the Past

      • A. Kemp-Welch
      Pages 1-19

  3. Construction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-23
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    2. Diplomatic Prelude

      • Sergei Kudryashov
      Pages 25-40

    3. Building the One-Party State

      • Andrzej Paczkowski
      Pages 41-53

  4. Conflicts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-57
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    2. Polish Peasants versus Stalinism

      • Dariusz Jarosz
      Pages 59-77

    3. The Terror, 1949–1954

      • Krystyna Kersten
      Pages 78-94

  5. Collapse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-97
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    2. Social Protest and Political Crisis in 1956

      • Paweł Machcewicz
      Pages 99-118

    3. Polish Leaders and the Hungarian Revolution

      • János Tischler
      Pages 119-143

    4. Epilogue

      • Andrzej Friszke
      Pages 144-157

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 159-163
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Between the Nazi occupation and the anti-communist revolution of 1956, Poland underwent twelve years of Stalinist rule. Using recently-opened archives, historians and social scientists from four countries give the first analysis of the rise and fall of this system. The book is organised in three parts: Construction (external and domestic), Conflicts (above all, communists against the Church and peasantry) and Collapse (during 1956). An Epilogue reviews the whole period in the light of contemporary political debates.

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  • School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

    A. Kemp-Welch

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ANDRZEJ FRISZKE Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw DARIUSZ JAROSZ Assistant Professor in the Department of History, University of Warsaw KRYSTYNA KERSTEN Professor of History in the Polish Aademy of Sciences, Warsaw SERGEI KUDRYASHOV Editor-in Chief of Istochnik. Dokumyeenti Russko Istorii (The Source: Documents on Russian History), Journal of the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow. PAWEL MACHCEWICZ Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw ANDRZEJ PACZKOWSKI Professor of History in the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw JANOS TISCHLER Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Budapest

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